2013 Football Roster

WR

Played
in 43 career games and made 8 starts…Set a school record as a senior with a
29.2 kick return average…Patton’s career kickoff return average of 27.7 yards
on 39 returns is a school record for players with 30 or more returns…2013:
Voted a team captain and was named the team’s MVP for the season…Returned after
a season-ending injury as a junior and was the team’s top receiver on the year…Led
the team in receiving yards (556), catches (44) and touchdowns (6)…Became the first
UF wide receiver to have six receiving touchdowns in a season since Riley
Cooper had nine in 2009…Patton had two games with two touchdown catches
(Arkansas, Georgia Southern), the first UF player to have two games with two
touchdowns in the same season since Chad Jackson in 2005 (Wyoming, Kentucky)…At
Miami, Patton totaled 6 catches for 118 yards and a touchdown. Entering the
game, he had just 9 catches and 100 yards in his career…It was the first
100-yard receiving game for Florida since Andre Debose had 151 yards against
Furman in 2011…Patton had his second 100-yard receiving game of the season
against Arkansas, totaling a career-high 124 yards on six catches with
touchdowns of 51 and 38 yards. He was the first UF wide receiver to have two
receiving touchdowns in an SEC game since Riley Cooper had two against Georgia
in 2009…Patton’s 124 receiving yards against Arkansas were the most by a Gator
since Percy Harvin had 186 vs. Ole Miss in 2008. He was the first Gator wide
receiver since Harvin and Andre Caldwell in 2007 to have two games of 118 yards
or more receiving in the same season…Against Georgia Southern, he had four
catches for 69 yards and a pair of touchdowns…Against Missouri, Patton had a
career-high 221 all-purpose yards, including a 100-yard kickoff return for a
touchdown (158 total kick return yards), 46 receiving yards and 17 rushing
yards…Returned the opening kickoff of the second half at Missouri 100 yards for
a touchdown – becoming the fifth Gator to have a 100-yard return (Andre Debose
vs. Louisville, 2012; Bo Carroll vs. LSU, 1999; Jack Jackson vs. Mississippi
State, 1993; Pat Reen vs. Miami, 1940)…Patton scored a touchdown three
different ways in his career: kick return, returning a blocked punt (42-yard TD
vs. Vanderbilt on Nov. 6, 2010) and as a receiver (6 different times)…Patton
had 22 kickoff returns for 642 yards (29.2 avg), putting him 7th nationally.
His season average was the highest in school history (Andre Debose, 28.3 in
2012)…Won the team’s Iron Gator Strength Award and Chris Patrick Courage Award…2012: Played in the first
eight games of the season before suffering a season-ending injury versus
Georgia…Carried the ball 14 times for 140 yards (10.0 avg)…Was the team’s
third-leading rusher at the time of his injury…Had one reception for 17 yards
on the year…Had a career-long rush of 54 yards against Vanderbilt…His 54-yard
carry was the third-longest run by a Gator in the 2012 regular season…2011: Appeared
in all 13 games…Contributed mostly on special teams, with 10 kick returns for
241 yards and one punt return for 28 yards…Had a blocked punt that Chris Rainey
returned 22 yards for a touchdown in the first game of the season against
FAU…The blocked punt marked the second-straight contest that Patton had blocked
a punt (2011 Outback Bowl vs. Penn State)…Had six total special teams tackles
on the season…Blocked a punt in the fourth quarter at LSU…Set new career highs
in kick return yards and all-purpose yards, returning five kicks for 132 yards
vs. Alabama…2010: Appeared in 10 games…Was a special teams factor,
blocking one punt and returning another blocked punt for a touchdown…Averaged
28.0 yards per kickoff that season, with four returns for 196 yards…Blocked a
punt in the second quarter against Penn State in the Outback Bowl, leading to a
Lerentee McCray return for a touchdown, putting the Gators ahead, 14-7…Returned
a blocked punt by Chris Rainey 42 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter
against Vanderbilt…Enrolled at UF in January of 2010.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:

Rated a four-star prospect and the No. 36
wide receiver in the nation by Scout.com…Participant in the 2010 Under Armour
All-American Game in Orlando…Played in the Alabama/Mississippi All-Star
Game…Had 30 rushes for 371 yards and three touchdowns and caught 71 passes for
891 yards and seven touchdowns as a senior…Also averaged 38.8 yards on five
kickoff returns as a senior…Recorded 845 receiving yards and 12 touchdowns
during his junior season in 2008…Was named to the ASWA All-State 6A first-team
in 2008…Hauled in 66 receptions for 950 yards and nine touchdowns as a sophomore…Chose
Florida over Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss and Southern Miss… Also ran track
in high school…Coached by Ronn Lee.